Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type ▲ Jurisdiction
Blaney v. Hanks 14 Iowa 400 1862 1 Iowa
Wood v. Williams 142 Ill. 269 1892 1 Illinois
Curtiss v. Brown 29 Ill. 201 1862 1 Illinois
Barlow, Sanderson & Co. v. Emmert 10 Kan. 358 1872 1 Kansas
State ex rel. Tiffany v. Ellison 266 Mo. 604 1916 1 Missouri
Kimm v. Weippert 46 Mo. 532 1870 1 Missouri
Layson v. Rowan 7 La. 1 1844 0 Louisiana
Garrett v. Dabney 27 Miss. 335 1854 1 Mississippi
Dowdy v. McLellan 52 Ga. 408 1874 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Gray v. Robb 51 Tenn. 74 1871 1 Tennessee
Chisholm v. Lee 53 Ga. 611 1875 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Springs v. Erwin 28 N.C. 27 1845 0 North Carolina
Johnson v. McComb 49 Ga. 120 1871 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Robinson v. McDonald 2 Ga. 116 1847 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Vason v. Merchants' Bank 2 Ga. 140 1847 0 Supreme Court of Georgia
Wafer v. Hemken 9 Rob. 203 1844 0 Louisiana
Drake v. Jones 27 Mo. 428 1858 1 Missouri
Vicksburg S. & P. R. R. v. Porterfield 103 Miss. 585 1912 1 Mississippi
Browne v. Browne 17 Fla. 607 1880 1 Florida
Yeaton v. Yeaton 4 Ill. App. 579 1879 1 Illinois